Tat-Jun Chin is Professor of Computer Science at Adelaide University, where he leads the AI for Space Group. He received his PhD in Computer Systems Engineering from Monash University in 2007, which was partly supported by the Endeavour Australia-Asia Award, and a Bachelor in Mechatronics Engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 2004, where he won the Vice Chancellor’s Award.

Tat-Jun’s research interest lies in optimisation for computer vision and machine learning, and their application to intelligent satellites and space robotics. He has published more than 150 research articles on the subject, and has received multiple accolades for his research, including a CVPR award (2015), a BMVC award (2018), Best of ECCV (2018), three DST Awards (2015, 2017, 2021), an IAPR Award (2019), an RAL Best Paper Award (2021), and a nomination for ECCV Best Paper Award (2024). He was a Finalist in the Academic of the Year Category at Australian Space Awards 2021.

Tat-Jun is currently Visiting Professor at the European Space Agency’s Philab and was a SmartSat CRC Professorial Chair in 2020-2025.

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